{"id":13103,"date":"2015-04-05T11:30:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T16:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=13103"},"modified":"2015-04-05T11:30:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T16:30:15","slug":"flow-of-illicit-money-in-central-america-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/flow-of-illicit-money-in-central-america-increases\/","title":{"rendered":"Flow of Illicit Money in Central America Increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/money-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-13104\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/money-06-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"money-06\" width=\"579\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/money-06-1024x768.jpg 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to interpret the numbers representing illicit money involved in these two Central American countries, as reported by the company, you just have to compare this data with those of a much larger economy, such as Mexico, where illegal money flows amounted, in the same period, to $514 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala, for example, Global Financial Integrity notes that in the ten years of analysis flows of illicit money in these countries amounted to $32 billion, $15 billion, $7.8 billion and $11.7 billion, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The most serious aspect of this situation is that, far from decreasing, the movement of illegal money continues to grow rapidly in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full report &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2003-2012<\/span>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"link_source\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Financial Integrity report 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